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With 8 more booths added the exhibition area offers opportunity to more companies and organisations to showcase their newest products and services to the dredging world. World Dredging Congresses (June 3-7, 2013, Square Meeting Centre, Brussels, Belgium) are organised once every three years by WODA,
Work is in progress at Mair’s Yard, Lerwick on Lerwick Port Authority’s new quay as the site of a future fishmarket building. Contractor Tulloch Developments has completed installing the piles for the quay wall of the 151 metre long berth. An extensive area of land reclamation has been created and t
Maritime and Fishery Minister, Sharif Cicip Sutardjo met Jakarta Governor Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo at Jakarta City Hall, Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan on Thursday. On this occasion, Sutardjo intends to discuss about the concept and permit related with Jakarta Provincial Government’s plan in building a giant
For the first time, investigations have shown that full service dike monitoring systems work in practice. This is shown by the final report on the third IJkdijk experiment: the All-in-One Sensor Validation test. The experiment took place in August and September of last year, focusing on the performa
The City of Duluth is accepting public comments during a 30-day public review period from April 1 to May 1, 2013, on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) that was prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 21st Avenue West project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District proposes
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced a plan for the Mississippi River dredging project. The work will consist of placing hydraulically dredged material taken from a borrow area located on the river bottom. Maximum height of the sill will be the point at which the settled dredge material at the
Yesterday, Van Oord held a ceremony commissioning crane vessel Titan and accommodation pontoon Astrachan. The honours were done by Mrs E. (Lily) de Wit – wife of Area Director F. (Freek) de Wit – and Mrs M. (Michele) Kamsteeg, wife of Area Manager M.C. (Ries) Kamsteeg. The order to build Titan and A
Two Memoranda of Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for maintenance dredging were approved by the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority at its March 26 meeting, including up to $550,000 for maintenance dredging of Barbours Cut Terminal berths and up to $400,000 for maintenanc
Grays Harbor annual maintenance dredging will begin March 29 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hopper dredge Essayons. Working around-the-clock, Essayons and her crews are scheduled to dredge through April 18. A second Corps dredge, the Yaquina, will join her April 5, working until May 1. The two ves
Congressmen Rodney Davis and Bill Enyart yesterday met with officials at America’s Central Port to share concerns over how Mississippi River water levels can impact local industry and pledged to work together to protect good jobs. Responding to Southern Illinois’ extreme weather conditions – from th
Today, U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre will be in New Hanover and Brunswick County participating in the following coastal events: – 9:30 a.m. – Tour of the Carolina Beach and Kure Beach renourishment project – Congressman McIntyre will be joined by local officials and Army Corps of Engineers to view
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that New York State has reached an agreement with Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson on the terms of a critical New York State permit for construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge. This permit is one of the last certifications the state needs in order to move forward wi
The facilities for handling and storing crude oil in the port of Rotterdam are being further expanded. At Shell Europoort, the jetty has been adapted to handle ships with an even deeper draught. Following the Maasvlakte Oil Terminal (MOT), where three new tanks went into use at the end of 2011, Maat
